A ROUND IRON TSUBA, nikubori, yosukashi, two samurai fighting in a wood, iroe details, 19th century, 7.1cm; a round iron tsuba, brass inlaid with tachibana, wachigai and a ropework outlined rim, overcleaned, Onin school, c. 1500, 7.9cm.; an oval iron tsuba, three men in a boat, probably Korean, beneath a dragon on a ground of interlacing tendrils, gilt details, Namban school, 18th/19th century, 7.6cm. and an oval iron tsuba carved in yosukashi with cherry blossoms and waves, Higo style, 19th century, 7.7cm.

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A ROUND IRON TSUBA, nikubori, yosukashi, two samurai fighting in a wood, iroe details, 19th century, 7.1cm; a round iron tsuba, brass inlaid with tachibana, wachigai and a ropework outlined rim, overcleaned, Onin school, c. 1500, 7.9cm.; an oval iron tsuba, three men in a boat, probably Korean, beneath a dragon on a ground of interlacing tendrils, gilt details, Namban school, 18th/19th century, 7.6cm. and an oval iron tsuba carved in yosukashi with cherry blossoms and waves, Higo style, 19th century, 7.7cm.
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